Investigators learned that his flight was set for Dec. 4 from RDU with a return flight to the Triangle on Dec. 18. An FBI special agent noted that White likely purchased a round-trip ticket to avoid arousing suspicion, a common practice among Islamic extremists.

A Durham man is accused of trying to join the terrorist group ISIS. Investigators arrested him at Raleigh-Durham International Airport in December, as they say he was trying to get out of the

The FBI has charged a Durham man with attempting to join ISIS, a recently-unsealed court document shows. Alexander Justin White, 29, also known as Sulaiman Al-Amriki, is charged with providing, attempting and conspiring to provide material support to a designated foreign terrorist organization,